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AUTM Eastern Region Meeting: Recovery Through Innovation
June 7-9, 2010
InterContinental Hotel Buckhead
Atlanta, Georgia
The AUTM 2010 Eastern Region Meeting will take place in Atlanta, Georgia, home to several prominent universities at the forefront of academic technology transfer. We will meet to discuss successful practices and new strategies to help weather these complicated economic times. The meeting will be held in the Buckhead area of Atlanta, which offers an ideal environment for both networking and education. As in the past, the meeting will offer five hours of continuing legal education (CLE) credits for attorneys,* insightful plenary sessions and a series of timely workshops.
* In select states, pending approval.
Schedule at a Glance
Monday, June 7 |
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| 7:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. | Registration |
| 8:30 - 10 a.m. | Workshops, Session 1 |
| 1A | Different Models for University Commercialization |
| Moderator: | Matthew Mroz,The Research Foundation of SUNY |
| 1B | Strengthening Your Patent Portfolio: Improving Current Processes for Identifying, Protecting and Commercializing Innovations |
| Moderator: | Cynthia Pillote, Snell & Wilmer LLP |
| 10 - 10:30 a.m. | Networking Break |
| 10:30 a.m. - Noon | Workshops, Session 2 |
| 2A | It's Just Not Fair: Unintended and Unforeseen Interpretations of License Agreement Language |
| Moderator: | Judy Ann Byrd, M.B.A., CPA, Invotex Group |
| 2B | Green Energy Technologies as a Mechanism for Promoting Economic Recovery |
| Moderator: | Gary D. Colby, Ph.D., J.D., Flaster Greenberg PC |
| Noon - 1:30 p.m. | Lunch with Welcome and AUTM Update |
| 1:30 - 3 p.m. | Workshops, Session 3 |
| 3A | Innovate Collaborate Accelerate: A Public University System's Response to the Call for Change in Technology Transfer |
| Moderator: | Martha J.S. Van Scott, East Carolina University |
| 3B | Quick Exits and the Walking Dead: Startup Survival Rates and the Impact of Incubation Programs |
| Moderator: | Matthew Hamilton, Ph.D., Wellspring |
| 3 - 3:30 p.m. | Networking Break |
| 3:30 - 5 p.m. | Workshops, Session 4 |
| 4A | Whose IP Is It Anyway? |
| Moderator: | Scott D. Marty, Ph.D., Ballard Spahr LLP |
| 4B | Enablement and Written Description Traps: Reducing Risks of Patent Invalidity in Tough Times |
| Moderator: | Thomas J. Engellenner, J.D., Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP |
| 6 - 7:30 p.m. | Networking Reception |
Tuesday, June 8 |
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| 7:30 - 8:30 a.m. | Continental Breakfast |
| 7:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. | Registration |
| 8:30 - 10 a.m. | Workshops, Session 5 |
| 5A | Marketing Your Technology in the Digital Age: Part I |
| 5B | Deciding When to Enforce Your Intellectual Property Rights |
| 10 - 10:30 a.m. | Networking Break |
| 10:30 a.m. - Noon | Workshops, Session 6 |
| 6A | Marketing Your Technology in the Digital Age: Part II |
| 6B | Is Technology Transfer Doomed? |
| Moderator: | Brian Cummings, University of Utah |
| Noon - 1:30 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:30 - 3 p.m. |
Plenary Session |
| Speaker: | Scott Frank, President, AT&T Intellectual Property Inc. |
| 3 - 3:30 p.m. | Networking Break |
| 3:30 - 5 p.m. | Plenary Session Negotiating Technology Transfer: Successful Practices |
| Speaker: | James C. Thomas, Jr., Principal, Common Ground Seminars, Author of "Negotiate to Win" |
Wednesday, June 9 |
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| 7:30 - 8:30 a.m. | Continental Breakfast |
| 7:30 a.m. - Noon | Registration |
| 8:30 - 10 a.m. | Workshops, Session 7 |
| 7A | Cost Effective Strategies for Patent Prosecution |
| Moderator: | Michael R. Friscia, J.D., McCarter & English LLP |
| 7B | Funding for Early-stage Companies: State-funded Initiatives to Bridge the Gap |
| Moderator: | Mary Sue Hoffman, J.D., Michigan Small Business & Technology Development Center |
| 10 - 10:30 a.m. | Networking Break |
| 10:30 a.m. - Noon | Workshops, Session 8 |
| 8A | Re-engineering Deal Making in the Technology Transfer Office |
| Moderator: | Christopher F. Wright, J.D., McCausland Keen & Buckman |
| 8B | Innovations in Translating University-Based Inventions |
| Moderator: | David E. Huizenga, Ph.D., J.D., Arnall Golden Gregory LLP |
| Noon | Meeting Adjourns |